November '07 - Gary McKinney's 500 L Reef Aquarium. (USA)

This month we're not only back to featuring an awesome and exemplary reef tank, but we're also including for the first time a video of the tank, in addition to the beautiful photos! So from now on if you want to submit your tank and have a nice video hosted on YouTube or Google, be sure to send the link in together with your photos! Owners of the 200+ presently submitted tanks are welcome to send in a video link as well, which may increase the chance of having your tank selected. If you liked what you saw on this page, be sure to check out American hobbyist Gary McKinney's website (below) for many more photos and updates!

Over 30 species of zoanthids/palyzoas. A couple of favorites are the Armor of GOD palys and nuclear green palys. Over 13 species of acans/micromussa's, blastos, frogspawn, candy canes, turbinaria, acros, monti's, and mushrooms.

Comments:

In the beginning I had lots of problems with this tank, as most who start saltwater will experience themselves. My major problem was hair algae. I battled this for over three months. It actually made me switch to a FOWLR tank at one point. After the hair algae was under control I went back to corals. My advise to anyone who wants to venture into saltwater seriously is to make sure you want to commit the time, expense, and to take all the required steps patiently, take it slow. Everything will fall into place eventually and you will end up with the tank of your dreams.

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